OU TORAH YU TORAH and NAALEH.COM Architecting an Abode By Shira Smiles

Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein When Yaakov is fleeing from Esau on his way to Lavan’s house, he arrives at the place/vayifga bamakom where he sleeps and has the prophetic dream of the ladder reaching to heaven. When he awakes, he understands that this place is unique and holy, and he proclaims, “God is bamakom hazeh/in this place… ma nora hamakom hazeh, ain zeh ki im beit Elokhim vzeh shaar hashamayim/ How awesome is this place! This is none other than the abode of God and this is the gate of heavens!”